Lawrie wrote
>Watching one of the TV news services last night (ABC or SBS I seem to
>recall) and coverage of the Canberra fires. In one sequence of footage,
>thunder clouds were shown associated with the change, and ever so
>briefly the camera zoomed in on birds in the foreground - they looked
>like swifts - White-throated Needletails perhaps?? Did anyone else see
>it, or was I having pre-bedtime hallucinations?
Lawrie was correct about the swifts but not the thunder clouds. There were
large number of swifts ahead of the fires mostly White-throated Needletails
but with a few Pacific Swifts around as well. The clouds were pure smoke!
Dr P.J. Milburn
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